Rapid Strike Urshifu V 87/163 · Battle Styles

Battle Styles is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on March 19, 2021. The printed size is 163. This checklist is longer, at 183 cards. Rapid Strike Urshifu V is 87/163, in position 87 of 183 on this checklist. Before it is 86 Single Strike Urshifu VMAX, and after it is 88 Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX. The listed rarity is Rare Holo V.

Rapid Strike Urshifu V is a Basic V Rapid Strike Fighting Pokémon with 220 HP. In the Pokédex this is Urshifu (#892), generation 8 (Galar).

PLANETA Mochizuki illustrated this card. The same name is on 131 other cards in the catalog.

Urshifu (#892) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 4 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2019 to 2022. The earliest other card is Single Strike Urshifu V SWSH106/307 in SWSH Black Star Promos (2019). That card is named Single Strike Urshifu V, while this one is Rapid Strike Urshifu V. Both list 220 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo V. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and PLANETA Mochizuki illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Urshifu list a different HP.

The attack Strafe lists 30 damage. The cost is Fighting. You may switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Hundred Furious Blows is another attack lists 150 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is E.

I keep a set binder for Battle Styles, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Battle Styles set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Urshifu can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). Themed lists that include this exact card are Rapid Strike. I still need this card.